11171.2. (a) A physician and surgeon or dentist or their agents
and by their direction may take skeletal X-rays of the child without
the consent of the child's parent or guardian, but only for purposes
of diagnosing the case as one of possible child abuse or neglect and
determining the extent of the child abuse or neglect.
(B) Neither the physician-patient privilege nor the
psychotherapist-patient privilege applies to information reported
pursuant to this article in any court proceeding or administrative
hearing.